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Population & Environmental Geography MCQ Questions with Answers
Population trends, migration, urbanization, and environmental conservation movements. This page covers questions from a set of 14 in this topic — page 2 of 2.
Q11. Which one of the following regions of India is now regarded as an 'ecological hot spot'?
👁 0 viewsQ12. Jhooming is practised by:
👁 1 viewsJhooming refers to shifting or slash-and-burn cultivation practiced on hill slopes. It is commonly associated with tribes in Northeast India, especially the Khasi community of Meghalaya. In Jhooming, a patch of forest is cleared and burned to enrich the soil, crops are grown for a few years, and then the land is abandoned to allow recovery while the farmer moves to a new patch. Among the listed options, the Khasi are the group known for this practice in their traditional farming systems.
The Khasi are a matrilineal society where inheritance and succession pass through the female line.
Jhooming = shifting cultivation; commonly practiced by the Khasi in Meghalaya.
Q13. Moplah movement was essentially a
👁 1 viewsQ14. Bihors are:
👁 1 viewsBihors are a tribal community associated with Jharkhand. Among the options, only Jharkhand is correct because Bihors are not listed as tribes in Assam, Ladakh, or Andhra Pradesh. Jharkhand has a large number of Scheduled Tribes and diverse tribal groups, and Bihors are recognized as one of them in that state’s demographics. The other options place the tribe in regions where it does not belong, making them incorrect.
Jharkhand became a separate state on 15 November 2000, carved out of the southern part of Bihar.
Bihors are a tribal community in Jharkhand.